The lush Riverwalk foliage soon will be in bloom. Vibrant summer sunsets will stretch later, revealing their breathtaking hues deeper into the evening. The splendor of Ribfest's fireworks will brighten the night sky.

David Potchen, a laid-off, homeless welder who admitted to a judge that he robbed a bank in 2014 in order to get caught and returned to prison, walked out of the Lake County Jail Monday afternoon with a job and housing waiting for him.

A 12-year-old student from unincorporated Willlowbrook allegedly brought a bb gun to Burr Ridge Middle School, on the 400 block of West 91st St., on March 27. Other students saw the gun Friday morning and reported it, Burr Ridge Police Chief John Madden said. A school official recovered the...

The aunt of two Aurora men accused of plotting to attack the Joliet Armory said Monday the charges against her nephews are "breaking up our whole family," and she does not know any reason why the cousins would want to attack the United States or the government.

When a dozen Elgin Community College students signed up to devote their precious week of spring break building a house for a family who needs it, they knew they were giving up the chance to spend the week lolling on a tropical beach. But when Ma Nature turned the experience into pounding...

With criticism mounting from businesses, educational institutions and human rights groups, Indiana's Republican legislators are seeking to mitigate the fallout from last week's passage of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.